Billy's Balkanization Blog

New Orleans Sinks Into Confederate Revisionism

The historical monuments to the last Civil War are being removed, in a sure sign that the next one is well on its way. The City of New Orleans is taking down the statues to Confederate war heroes, at the behest of its majority nonWhite population. A public spectacle is being made of the removals, much like the triumphant vandalism of conquering armies in foreign capitols; for that is essentially what this cultural genocide and historical revisionism amounts to.

“Over one-hundred and fifty years ago, the war for Southern Independence ended. It’s more commonly referred to as the Civil War, though considering the nature of the war which began in 1775 between some British colonists and their government, the unfortunate period of the 1860’s might have been just as easily referred to as Civil War II, or as American Revolution II, alternately.

Will we be fighting for the green graves of our sires? Last year, I buried my father in the cemetery where he wished to lay, corporeally, for all eternity. Most of my family is buried there: grandparents, great-grandparents, great-great grandparents, and aunts and uncles and cousins. A couple of weeks after my father was interred there, we lay my grandma to rest, right beside him. The problem?

That area, due to the voluntary regional racial migration ongoing in this country which I wrote about in ‘The Balk‘, is now over 90% black. When my dad was growing up there, it was about evenly split. I’m not going to live anywhere near there, and I’ll very rarely ever visit. When America balkanizes, will I fight for it? Let’s just say that it won’t be at the top of my list of priorities, at least initially. I anticipate that any White folks there will be pretty much on their own.

Believe me, I do understand the power of symbolism, both in its defense and preservation, as well as its destruction and defacement, for our enemies. However, I’m fighting for our future, more than for our past. If we are, as I intend to be, the winners of the struggle happening now, then we will be the ones who get to write history, as we see fit. We can rebuild any monument we wish. If we, instead, try to play politically correct games by insisting that the Confederacy wasn’t racist and celebrating black Confederates, then the monuments are meaningless; everything that matters, we’ve already given up.

About Billy:

An author of both fiction and nonfiction books, Billy Roper is a former high school and junior high History, Civics, Economics, and Geography teacher. He has been a candidate for public office, a lifelong political activist, leader, and spokesman. Mr. Roper has a Bachelor's degree in History and Political Science and a Master of Liberal Arts degree in History with a specialty in Anthropology. He currently resides with his wife, stepson, and other animals in what will become New America. Mr. Roper may be reached through e-mail at roper_billy@yahoo.com.